Conditions We Treat

Care for the Full Spectrum of Endocrine Conditions

Endocrinologists are experts in diagnosing and treating problems with the glands that produce hormones. Hormones are chemicals released by a cell or a gland in one part of the body that sends out messages that affect cells in other parts of the body.

The endocrine system regulates almost everything that happens in our bodies. It controls how we grow, how we develop in puberty, how our metabolism works and how blood sugar levels are regulated. It is the body’s central computer, monitoring systems and issuing orders to make sure everything runs correctly.

A number of problems can arise when the endocrine system breaks down. The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital focuses on diagnosing, solving and treating those conditions, including:

• Abnormal newborn screening
• Abnormal thyroid function test
• Abnormalities of the genitalia
• Acanthosis nigricans
• Obesity/adiposity
• Adrenal hyperplasia
• Adrenal insufficiency
• Problems of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
• Ambiguous Genitalia
• Amenorrhea
• Amino acid disorders
• Anorexia
• Clitoromegaly
• Craniopharyngioma and other brain tumors
• Cryptorchism or undecented testis/testes
• Delayed or late puberty
• Diabetes, type 1
• Diabetes, type 2
• Diabetes insipidus
• DiGeorge Syndrome, Hyperparathyroidism and other thyroid-related calcium disorders
• Dysmenorrhea
• Failure to thrive
• Fat metabolism or lipid metabolism defects
• Fatty acid oxidation problems
• Fructose intolerance
• Galactosemia
• Glycogen storage disease (GSDI) also known as vonGierke disease
• Glycosuria
• Goandal dysgenisis also known as Turner Syndrome
• Goiter and other thyroid disorders
• Growth problems: short stature and growth hormone disorders
• Gynecomastia
• Chronic or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
• Hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia
• High cholesterol and other lipid problems
• Hirsutism or excessive hairiness
• Histidine metabolism
• Homocystinuria
• Hyperammonemia
• Hypercalcemia
• Hyperglycemia
• Hyperinsulinism
• Hypernatremia
• Hyperprolactinemia
• Hypertension: high blood pressure
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypoglycemia
• Hypogonadism
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Hypophosphatemia
• Hypopotassemia
• Hypothyroidism
• Inborn metabolic error
• Infant of diabetic mother
• Klinefelter’s Syndrome
• Lipoprotein deficiencies
• Luteinizing hormone (LH) and other problems of the ptuitary
• Malnutrition
• Maple syrup urine disease
• Menstrual problems in teens
• Metabolic acidosis
• Micropenis
• Problems in mineral metabolism, deficiencies and other nutritional disorders
• Mitochondrial metabolism
• Nocturia
• Obesity/adiposity
• Osteopenia
• Osteoporosis
• Ovarian failure
• Overweight and underweight children
• Underactive ptuitary or panhypopituitarism and other pituitary gland conditions
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Polydipsia or excessive thirst
• Polyuria or excessive urination
• Prader-Willi syndrome
• Precocious or early puberty
• Premature underarm odor or adrenarche
• Premature breast development or thelarche
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism, a calcium disorder.
• Purine and pyrimidine metabolism
• Rickets or vitamin D deficiency
• Sexual development
• Sexual differentiation
• Short stature and growth retardation
• Fetus small for gestational age
• Thyroid cancer
• Thyroid binding globulin
• Thyroid conditions
• Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Turner Syndrome, Prader Willi and other chromosome problems
• Urea cycle metabolism
• Urinary frequency
• Weight problems